http://www.yearcourse.org start painting your future today Sun, 13 May 2012 06:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/year-course-plants-our-future/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/year-course-plants-our-future/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:00:50 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6298 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/year-course-plants-our-future/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-coursers-star-in-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-coursers-star-in-the-vagina-monologues/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:59:37 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6286 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-coursers-star-in-the-vagina-monologues/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-year-course-rejoices/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-year-course-rejoices/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:59:10 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5675 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-year-course-rejoices/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeans-march-for-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeans-march-for-israel/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:03:18 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5396 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeans-march-for-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeas-kibbutz-ketura-makes-history/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeas-kibbutz-ketura-makes-history/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:56:03 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5391 this recent column  … Read more from the Jerusalem]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaeas-kibbutz-ketura-makes-history/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/year-course-efforts-recognized-2/ http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/year-course-efforts-recognized-2/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 12:50:14 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5297 our efforts to assist the victims of the Carmel fire living in the youth village Yemin Orde.  This past week, these efforts were recognized by the Jewish service organization, Repair the World.   … Read more Repair the World “works to inspire American Jews and their communities to give their time and effort to serve those in need.”  As we sing in the]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/year-course-efforts-recognized-2/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/more-yom-hashoah-reflections/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/more-yom-hashoah-reflections/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 13:18:17 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5237 Yom Hashoah Reflections  … Read more. Though a bit of time has passed since Yom Hashoah, and we’ve already expereinced Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzma’ut, we wanted to share with you another set of reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day, written by Ravean Kretowicz, whose grandmother was a survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. The original piece appeared]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/more-yom-hashoah-reflections/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/yom-hazikaron-an-incredible-honor/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/yom-hazikaron-an-incredible-honor/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 09:59:37 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5214 The following article  … Read more, written in the English-edition of the Haaretz newspaper, describes Barbara’s story in]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/yom-hazikaron-an-incredible-honor/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/yom-hashoah-reflections/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/yom-hashoah-reflections/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 08:26:30 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5198 here was a wrap-up  … Read more of Yom Hashoah across all sections. All of our]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/yom-hashoah-reflections/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/friends-spend-gap-year-in-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/friends-spend-gap-year-in-israel/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 14:13:58 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5173 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/friends-spend-gap-year-in-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:43:25 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5139 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:09:28 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5116 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/why-wait-a-year/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/why-wait-a-year/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:38:24 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5034 Here is an article  … Read more about one of our Section 2 chanichim Jordan Kalik, featured in South Carolina’s Post and Courier newspaper.  Year Course has been saying for years that we are “not a year off….a year ON.”  Regardless of what you call it,]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/why-wait-a-year/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:28:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4955 recent article  … Read more from the Portland Jewish newspaper about a section 3 chanicha who recently volunteered at a think tank in Jerusalem.  Keep up the great work, Tova! Portland Teen Interns at Jerusalem Think Tank During Year Course Lincoln High School graduate Tova Cohen spent last semester as an]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ayal-pierce-radio-interview-on-reshet-bet/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ayal-pierce-radio-interview-on-reshet-bet/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:12 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4940 radio interview yesterday with Maya Yair?  Good, because she’s back, this time on the radio station Reshet Bet, this time with fellow chanich Ayal Pierce, also from New Jersey.  Ayal speaks about where his Zionist background comes from, how he learned Hebrew, and his future plans. Check it out here  … Read more-great job, Ayal and Maya!]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ayal-pierce-radio-interview-on-reshet-bet/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-with-chanicha-maya-yair/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-with-chanicha-maya-yair/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:29:44 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4936 this.  Maya, a Section 3 chanicha from East Brunswick, New Jersey, was recently interviewed (in Hebrew) on the national radio station Galei Tzahal (army radio) about her volunteer service at a soup kitchen and what she thinks about the recent news in Israel.   … Read more Great job, Maya!]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-with-chanicha-maya-yair/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-agency-for-israel-covers-year-course-olami/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-agency-for-israel-covers-year-course-olami/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:01:05 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4923 Jewish Agency for Israel  … Read more.  JAFI, also known as the Sochnut, was the authority overseeing the Jewish people worldwide before the establishment of the State of Israel.  For the last many decades, the Jewish Agency has overseen aliyah and]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-agency-for-israel-covers-year-course-olami/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:22:35 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4861 helped organize the NU campaign’s visit  … Read more to Bat Yam and appeared in a video appealing for aid to rebuild the Carmel forest.  Sam is at it again, being featured in a news story in Ynet, the online site for one of Israel’s biggest newspapers, Yediot Achronot. Sam volunteers in the Eliya school, assisting children]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-article-part-4/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-article-part-4/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:37:01 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4839 Jewish Herald Voice.  If you missed it, here is a link to Part 3  … Read more. EMEK HA’ELLA, Israel – Lunchtime on Tu B’Shevat for Young Judaea Year Course participants means a trek through one of the more scenic and historically significant,]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-article-part-4/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:06:39 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4775 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/feed/ 0